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PAUL JOHN BUCK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1931 – March 27, 1966
Service recordPaul John Buck, of Thorofare, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Thorofare, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 52
- THEODORE N MISHEIKIS JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1966
- DAVID ALBERT SIEMANOWSKIPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WILT JRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 53
- GEORGE THOMAS REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 54
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.